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type: "Bill"
title: "Public water systems: disadvantaged communities: consolidation or extension of service: administrative and managerial services."
description: "Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties. The act authorizes the state board to order consolidation with a receiving water system where a public water system, or a state small water system within a disadvantaged community, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water so long as the extension of service is an interim extension of service in preparation for consolidation. Existing law, for these purposes, defines \"disadvantaged community\" to mean a disadvantaged community that is in an unincorporated area or is served by a mutual water company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "California SB 552 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public water systems: disadvantaged communities: consolidation or extension of service: administrative and managerial services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 40
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb12918-deb9-4310-a4d2-93713c310748"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552"
source_hash: "98a24162a9706d59648417d52a7ecaeb30be6ffefb90b2d2b835e08f3f8c4c17"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 552 (20152016) — Public water systems: disadvantaged communities: consolidation or extension of service: administrative and managerial services.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, provides for the operation of public water systems and imposes on the State Water Resources Control Board various responsibilities and duties. The act authorizes the state board to order consolidation with a receiving water system where a public water system, or a state small water system within a disadvantaged community, consistently fails to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. The act authorizes the state board to order the extension of service to an area that does not have access to an adequate supply of safe drinking water so long as the extension of service is an interim extension of service in preparation for consolidation. Existing law, for these purposes, defines "disadvantaged community" to mean a disadvantaged community that is in an unincorporated area or is served by a mutual water company.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55299INT)
2. **04/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55298AMD)
3. **05/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55296AMD)
4. **06/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55295AMD)
5. **07/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55297AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55294AMD)
7. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55293AMD)
8. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55292AMD)
9. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55290CHP)
10. **SB552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552)
11. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB552&version=20150SB55291ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB552 Wolk Concurrence — **2513** (pass) · upper
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — **42** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **52** (pass) · upper
- SB 552 Wolk Senate Third Reading Amend By ARAMBULA Set #1**5021** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **105** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **114** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **315** (pass) · upper
- SB 552 Wolk Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — **5028** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wolk — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-07** April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-15** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2015-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 858.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1156.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1205.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and W., P., & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 27). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 5990.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 6130.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Set for hearing August 26.
- **2016-08-26** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 5456.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5494.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fb12918-deb9-4310-a4d2-93713c310748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).